This episode is sponsored by Colorist Society International and Mixinglight.com.

Vanessa Taylor, freelance colorist for the films The Great Gatsby and Lady Macbeth, joins me on this episode of the Colorist Podcast.

Vanesa has over 20 years experience in the industry. She got her start working at Animal Logic, working on the Quantel Henry as an Online Editor. After that, she moved on to the DI department at Park Road Post.

She’s worked on projects from Joss Whedon, Baz Luhrmann and Peter Jackson. She’s based out of the UK, but travels worldwide to work on a variety of different independent films.

On this podcast, we talk about:

Her experience with Quantel Henry, Pablo, eQ and iQ served as a basis for her career

How she moved on to Park Road Post

Knowing when to do a visual effects shot in a color grading application

Working on a big budget feature film and where your contribution can fit it

Learning several color systems

Balancing the tech and art of color grading

HDR and what it means creativity for colorists

Working in other countries and their perceptions of color

Running a session and how to keep it flowing

The lowering cost of color grading systems and what it means for working colorists today

The formation of the colorist society and how we benefit from joining together